We regret to inform you that celebs are at it again.
Remember when Gal Gadot wrangled a bunch of A-list names together to sing John Lennon's "Imagine" at the beginning of the pandemic and everyone collectively was like "why?" and "stop"? Nothing could ever top that in terms of the cringe factor right?
Wrong, dear reader!
Dead wrong. Allow us to introduce you to actress AnnaLynne McCord, formerly of 90210 reboot fame, presently of slam poetry about wishing she was Russian President Vladimir Putin's mom infamy.
Yes, you read that correctly and yes, it's as awkward and weird and mortifying as it sounds—no, actually, it's worse.
See for yourself below.
Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin\u2026pic.twitter.com/LbDFBHVWJf— AnnaLynne McCord (@AnnaLynne McCord) 1645718391
So that is a thing that happened.
The poem, titled "Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin," of course comes on the heels of Putin's invasion of Russia's Western neighbor Ukraine, which has left the world reeling as it watches one of the world's most brutal dictators attempt to illegally seize a sovereign country.
If you've been wondering why exactly this is happening, it is of course very complicated--but not to McCord! The 34-year-old actress has cracked the case.
See, the problem all stems from the fact that Putin's mommy didn't love him. So now he's very, very angry and he's taking it out by invading a sovereign nation and threatening to nuke anyone who tries to stop him. But if McCord had been his mother--well, this all could have been avoided. It's all very simple, you see!
Here, let McCord explain it to you, via her poem:
“I’m so sorry that I was not your mother."
"If I was your mother, you would have been so loved, held in the arms of joyous light."
"Never would this story’s plight."
"The world unfurled before our eyes."
"A pure demise.”
Granted, not one word of that makes any sense—that's not how you use the words "plight" or "demise" so it's hard to even know what on Earth McCord is even talking about, let alone get a sense of how any of this is helping things in Ukraine. But at least she tried. 'A' for effort?
Twitter, of course, disagreed.
Suffice to say, they had some feedback on McCord's poem.
Someone said Americans have main character syndrome, and I think there's not a single more accurate way to describe whatever the fuck this is.https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Intwali ya Murangira (@Intwali ya Murangira) 1645795598
This is really good. The war is officially over. Thank you.https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Lil Sasquatch (@Lil Sasquatch) 1645729999
Boy this really nails the zeitgeist, and that's pretty terrifying.https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Mark Hemingway (@Mark Hemingway) 1645727581
we did it boys, we waited and we got our new "imagine" courtesy of a star of the CW's 90210 reboothttps://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Lexi McMenamin (@Lexi McMenamin) 1645727757
The new Anthropologie ad campaign is really somethinghttps://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry Khachatrian) 1645727735
Did y'all learn NOTHING from Gal Gadot's "Imagine" disaster?!?!?https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Mekishana Pierre (@Mekishana Pierre) 1645727714
Vladimir...look...this isn't you https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/cZQ8yIIWoO— JJ (@JJ) 1645766590
This is up there with when they all sang Imagine during the start of lockdownhttps://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— James McManus (@James McManus) 1645727812
This might get us nukedhttps://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Frank Fleming (@Frank Fleming) 1645732041
BREAKING: Putin steps down from leadership, Russia pulling troops back due to 'Western media cringe'https://twitter.com/IAMannalynnemcc/status/1496877541772062727\u00a0\u2026— Optimus \u26e9 (@Optimus \u26e9) 1645974651
So far, Putin has yet to stand down, but Russia and Ukraine have agreed to meet tomorrow for potential peace talks. Maybe we have McCord to thank.